Kelly Quirk, managing director of Randstad Managed Services (RMS), has been appointed as a non-executive director to the European board of global HR outsourcing industry body Human Resources Outsourcing Association (HROA).
Meanwhile, RMS sales director Seb O’Connell has been appointed to the association’s special interest group for recruitment process outsourcing (RPO).
The ReThink Group has acquired resourcing and outsourcing services provider Berkley Recruitment Group.
The initial consideration is €2.65m (£2.34m) with additional deferred consideration of up to €4.125m dependent on the aggregate EBITDA achieved by Berkley and its subsidiaries in the year ending 31 December 2011.
Only the knowledge economy can provide the jobs and balanced growth needed to secure the UK’s future prosperity, according to a plan for growth published today by The Work Foundation.
The report sets out a vision of what a balanced and sustainable economy could look like in 2020 and provides a detailed picture of the measures needed to secure this future.
Specialist recruiter, Project Resource, is to expand its business by opening a new Greater Manchester office.
The recruiter specialises in supplying white collar professionals to the construction, infrastructure and civil engineering sectors and has built up two offices and more than 40 staff in the UK since its 2002 launch.
TAEN – The Age and Employment Network is concerned over a sharp rise in the number of age discrimination claims and warns that the figure is likely to continue rising.
Figures published by the Tribunal Service in its Annual Statistics for 2010/11 show a ‘dramatic’ rise in the number of age discrimination claims lodged with the service.
Bank of England
The Bank of England could be on the hunt for new recruits in the coming months to address a talent shortage of experienced staff to oversee the City of London.
Provider of SAP professionals, Red Commerce, is opening two new offices in Munich and Zurich.
The new manager of the Munich office will be Philipp Fischer-Gissot, while Daniel Scott, practice manager, Switzerland, will lead the Zurich office.
Umbrella firm Parasol has become the preferred supplier of umbrella PAYE services to IT and financial recruiter Bright Purple Resourcing.
Professional network LinkedIn has announced a new plug-in that enables jobseekers to submit their LinkedIn profile for job opportunities on an employer’s website.
Large businesses in the UK improved payment performance by almost a day between Q1 and Q2 2011, according to Experian’s ‘Late Payment Index’.
The global information services company’s Index also revealed that small and medium-sized businesses saw their payment performance remain stable.